~ Biographies ~

BIOGRAPHIES OF FAMOUS PEOPLE

GENERAL        AUSTRALIAN

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GENERAL

• Lives, the Biography Resource Links http://amillionlives.com/ to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more. * Individual lives of the famous, the infamous, and the not so famous. * Group biographies about people who share a common profession, historical era or  geography. * Also general collections, resources on biographical criticism and special collections.
• Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/biography/ Information about more than 25,000 persons. The site has a link to ideas for teachers.
• Freeality Biographies Search Search major biography sites from Freeality. Complete US & World famous people.
• Internet Public Library: Biographies
  http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref15.00.00/ 
• Lives, the Biography Resource The internet's biography resource, linking to thousands of biography-related sites, including autobiographies, journals, letters, diaries, memoirs, biography collections, etc.
  http://amillionlives.com/ 
• Biography! The Web's best biographical resources for famous people and celebrities
• http://www.yahooligans.com/school_bell/social_studies/history/biographies
  /http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~jenkunka/timecapsule.html
• http://historynews.chadwyck.com/ (historical newspapers on-line)
• www.who2.com/h.html covers many 20thC famous people but also some "older" folks
• http://www.s9.com/biography/
• http://www.biography.com/
• http://www.pathfinder.com/time/time100/ TIME 100 by Time Magazine - 100 most influential people of the century
• http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/ref1000.html Check out the Internet Public Library's Reference collection - they list heaps of biography sites which may be of use
• 4000 Years of Women in Science http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html This site contains information about the role of women in Science from ancient times. Over 100 biographies and other features including a crossword puzzle.
• Academy of Achievement  http://www.achievement.org/mainmenu.html Information about people of achievement (mostly in the USA).

• American Inventors and Inventions http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/amerinv.htm Very brief information about inventions like the light bulb,sewing machine, computer, telegraph, box telephone, artificial heart.
• Australian of the Year - Past Winners http://www.telstra.com.au/nadc/awards/apast.htm Links to the current winners and a list of past winners can be found on this page.
• Biographical dictionary of biologists http://www.cshl.org/comfort/scientists/scientists.html An alphabetic list of links to 19th and 20th century biologists.
• Biography.com http://www.biography.com/biography/ This is a searchable database which contains 15,000 biographical entries including some Australian identities.
• Chronology of Mathematicians http://www.erols.com/bram/timeline.html A timeline of Mathematicians. Key mathematicians are hot linked to biographies and information about their work.
• Discovery Online, You Shoulda Been There http://www.discovery.com/area/shoulda/shoulda.html The skateboard, The Ping Pong, The hot dog,The movie theatre, Liquid Paper,The bikini, Burgers-to-go, IQ tests, Valium, The Answering Machine, Chanel No. 5, Fortune cookies, Interstate highways, Slinky, Nylons, The jukebox, Frisbee, Barbie.
• Distinguished Women of Past and Present http://www.netsrq.com:80/~dbois/ This site has biographies of women writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers and others.
• Gale Celebrates Women's History http://www.thomson.com/gale/cwh/cwhset.html Biographies of more than 60 women as well as a timeline of women's history. The site has activities for students and links to other sites.
• Gallery of Achievement http://www.achievement.org/galleryachieve.html Brief biographies of people who have achieved excellence in various vocations. Most of the biographies are American.

• IMDb Biographies Section Search http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Biographies/ Biographies of movie stars, film directors and others associated with the movie industry.
• Inventors http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/org/i/invent/www/archive.html Alphabetical list of inventors and their inventions, mostly American. Useful for a class assignment.
• Mathematics - History  http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Ehistory/index.html MacTutor History of Mathematics Page. Useful for history and biography.
• National Inventors Hall of Fame Index to Inventions
  http://invent.nforce.com/book/book-index.html National Inventors Hall of Fame has an alphabetical listing of inventors and inventions
• Nobel Prizes http://www.nobel.se/prize/index.html Information about the Prizes, illustrated presentations of some of the prizes & essays related to the awards. A search engine linked to a database of biographies of the recipients and information about their work.
• Women Mathematicians http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm Biographies of women mathematicians.

AUSTRALIAN

• see the Topic links page on Australian Sportsmen and women
• http://www.students.trinity.wa.edu.au/library/cross/biography.htm
• http://www.abc.net.au/btn/austs.htm
• Bright Sparcs (Australian Scientists)http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/bsparcshome.htm
• http://www.virtualaustralia.com.au A wonderful site for anything Australian. Topics such as Famous Australians (explorers, sports people, Prime Ministers, First Fleet, etc), Flora, Australia Day, Aussie Slang, Aussie Cuisine,
• Australian Poetry, etc.  The list goes on and on.
• Documentary series - Australians - Index Behind The News - the ABC's long-running current affairs TV program for young people
• Famous Australians - Information Services Lake Macquarie City Library staff have selected these links to sites with information about famous Australians.
• Australian Painters and Sculptors1999 Monash University http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/visual_culture/projects/diva/ozps.html
• Lives - Collections - Special Collections: Australians and New Zealanders http://members.home.net/klanxner/lives/Collect_spec4.html
• Aboriginal Australians

Sally Morgan http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/morgan.htm
Yvonne Goolagong Cawley http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/goolagon.htm
Oodgeroo Noonuccal http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/noonucca.htm
Albert Namatjera http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/namat.htm
Pat O'Shane http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/oshane.htm;
                 http://www.dpmc.gov.au/convention/delegates/oshane(p).html
Truganini http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/truganini.htm
Neville Bonner http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/bonner.htm
Cathy Freeman http://www.athletics.org.au/run/bio2.idc?person=FREEMAN
Kyle Vander-kyup http://www.athletics.org.au/run/bio1.idc
Andrew McLeod http://www.afl.com.au/players/player_profile_960023.htm
Aboriginal Authors http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/aborigwr.html
Lionel Rose http://www.bushnet.qld.edu.au/schools/mareeba_primary/seniora/Phillip-Lionel.html
Edward Mabo http://www.nla.gov.au/1/ms/find_aids/8822.html
Neville Bonner http://www.dpmc.gov.au/convention/delegates/bonner(n).html
Gatjil Djerrkura http://www.dpmc.gov.au/convention/delegates/djerrkura(g).html
Lois O'Donohue http://www.dpmc.gov.au/convention/delegates/odonoghue(l).html
Nova Peris http://www.dpmc.gov.au/convention/delegates/peris(n).html
Mandawuy Yunupingu http://www.yothuyindi.com/
Faith Bandler http://www.atsic.gov.au/media/gd-bandler.htm
Noel Pearson http://www.smh.com.au/daily/content/971218/pageone/pageone8.html

OZ KIDS' WHO'S WHO is a biographical dictionary compiled from contributions from schools across Australia. Each participating school had the task of selecting and researching local people, historical or contemporary, for the database. 479 names appear in the database.  http://telstra.nexus.edu.au/cgi-bin/dbsearch2.cgi

Dinkum Aussies is a great site about all things Australian. Use the search engine to find brief biographies of many Australians. The site appears to be still developing, so more biographies and events will be coming. http://www.dinkumaussies.com/